This is neither a happy, nor welcome sight. Volcanic activity? Krakatoa? A solution to all of our global warming worries? Nope.
Volcanic ash spewing from one of the several active volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Where? Eastern Russia... that thing that extends down toward Japan. The one the Russians and Japanese fought a war over a hundred years ago. Air China says that there was enough volcanic activity to significantly delay the flight.
How much of a delay do you say? Nine freaking hours! A 2:50 PM departure time turns into an 11:50 PM departure time.
We could have done a lot of things with our nine hours. We could have imitated Tom Hanks in that bad movie about how he's stuck in an airport and has a worse Russian accent than Borat. Or, we could have gone home and slept all day. We could have watched all three Godfather movies, back to back to back. (Although why waste time on Godfather III?)
We decided to have some crazy fun instead. So while all two of our readers were expecting to see something exotic and new, we present to you something from a little closer to home. The Heng Brothers give you our odyssey through San Francisco.
We decided to have some crazy fun instead. So while all two of our readers were expecting to see something exotic and new, we present to you something from a little closer to home. The Heng Brothers give you our odyssey through San Francisco.
Peter being awesome at the SFO BART station. Mom showing her palpable disdain. 
Melissa starting to lose her mind.
The parents are nonplussed.
Top: How I'm feeling about the whole situation. Bottom: Sibling love is all over that BART train.
Above: A view of the San Francisco skyline from the a tour boat in the Bay. Below: Peter and the Golden Gate Bridge (really?)
Above: Views of Alcatraz from the Bay
Above and below: The family explores Coit Tower and North Beach.
Below: The Chinese continue to flood our country with cheaply-made goods. America stands and watches as its manufacturing jobs are lost overseas. All this and more on Lou Dobbs Tonight!
A shot of St. Peter and Paul Church, the anchor of one of the sides of Washington Square in North Beach
2 comments:
You know, I really would have loved to have seen your Tom Hanks imitation. I hear its real fun washing your pits in an airport bathroom! But alas, a fun day in San Francisco will have to suffice. It sounds and looks like you had a lovely day playing tourists so close to home. I hope you get to the real vacation soon! Good luck and have fun!
If something more bizarre could have happened, I would like to know what. Nevertheless, it looks like you had fun in the big SF, little extra vacation! Have fun!
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